53-3-201 - Required documentation for transportation of crude oil. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 53-3-201. Required documentation for transportation of crude oil.
 

The State Oil and Gas Board shall adopt regulations to require any corporation, association, partnership or person in possession of crude petroleum oil or any substance containing any quantity of crude oil or any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration and/or production of oil or gas, or both, being transported or for transportation from or to any storage, disposal, processing, or refining facility to possess specific documentation which substantiates the right to be in possession of such substance. The regulations shall require such documentation to include: 
 

(a) The identity of the operator and the location of the lease from which originated the crude petroleum oil or any substance including any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration or production of oil or gas, or both, if it is purportedly being or to be transported from a lease; 

(b) The identity of the operator and the location of the storage facility from which or to which the crude petroleum oil or any substance, including any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration or production of oil or gas, or both, is being or is to be transported; 

(c) The identity of the operator and the location of the disposal, processing or refining facility to which the crude petroleum oil or any substance, including any sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration and production of oil or gas, or both, is being or is to be transported; 

(d) The estimated percentage of crude petroleum oil in the substance, sediment, water or brine produced in association with the exploration or production of oil or gas, or both, which is being or is to be transported; 

(e) The volume of crude petroleum oil being or to be transported; and 

(f) Any additional information the supervisor of the state oil and gas board finds necessary or appropriate. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1983, ch. 511, § 2, eff from and after April 12, 1983.